diff --git a/config.m4 b/config.m4
index 2740ce9..0d658f4 100644
--- a/config.m4
+++ b/config.m4
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ PHP_ARG_ENABLE(brotli, whether to enable brotli support,
 PHP_ARG_WITH(libbrotli, whether to use system brotli library,
 [  --with-libbrotli        Use libbrotli], no, no)
 
+PHP_ARG_ENABLE(apcu, whether to enable APCu support,
+[  --enable-apcu           Enable APCu support], auto, no)
+
 if test "$PHP_BROTLI" != "no"; then
 
   BROTLI_MIN_VERSION=0.6
@@ -132,12 +135,14 @@ if test "$PHP_BROTLI" != "no"; then
     PHP_ADD_BUILD_DIR($ext_builddir/brotli/c/enc)
   fi
 
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for APCu includes])
-  if test -f "$phpincludedir/ext/apcu/apc_serializer.h"; then
-    apc_inc_path="$phpincludedir"
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([APCu in $apc_inc_path])
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_APCU_SUPPORT, 1, [Whether to enable APCu support])
-  else
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([not found])
+  if test "$PHP_APCU" != "no"; then
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for APCu includes])
+    if test -f "$phpincludedir/ext/apcu/apc_serializer.h"; then
+      apc_inc_path="$phpincludedir"
+      AC_MSG_RESULT([APCu in $apc_inc_path])
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_APCU_SUPPORT, 1, [Whether to enable APCu support])
+    else
+      AC_MSG_RESULT([not found])
+    fi
   fi
 fi